SOSC 1340 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Times New Roman, Sq3R, Free Trade
16 May 2020
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Department
Course
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Introduction to Business and Society 2016-17
SOSC 1340/1349 A and B Essay 1
Due: December 2 (Section A) November 30 (Section B)
Length: 6-8 pages
Value: 30 marks (out of 150)
Late essays will be subject to a -2% penalty per day.
Planning Your Essay
The essay writing process involves several stages: formulating a working thesis, organizing
your notes and constructing an essay plan. Once you have picked an essay topic and
identified the course readings you will need to use, look up the reading questions and
‘wikiwords’ corresponding to these readings in the course outline. Apply the SQ3R reading
method to ‘social scientific’ texts or the ‘levels of reading analysis’ to the ‘creative’ texts. This
will help you produce the notes that will form the raw materials for your essay. For help in
designing your essay plan, and for further details on the ‘pre-writing’ stage, see Shea and
Whitla chapter 10. If you don’t have a plan, your essay will lack direction and focus. Now that
you have your notes and your essay plan, see chapter 11 for valuable tips on the writing
stage. Producing a draft at least a few days before the due date will give you an opportunity
to edit your work and improve readability. The more effort you put into each stage of the
essay writing process, the better your essay will be.
Instructions
Pick one of the essay topics below. DO NOT simply answer the questions in the order that
they appear in the topic. The order of presentation is something you need to think deeply
about: you need to think about what it is that you want to say and the order that it would be
best to say it in to show how well you understand the concepts, issues and arguments under
consideration. Papers should be double spaced, with 12 point font (Times New Roman,
Arial or Cambria are common ones) and one inch margins. Use paragraph format and
provide a title page and a bibliography. Each page of your essay (except the title page)
must be numbered.
Formal Requirements
Your title page must include your name, student number, TAs name, submission date, and a
properly formatted bibliography. You will need to find and use two secondary ACADEMIC
sources for this essay (no Wikipedia, dictionary.com, etc.). Your essay must start with a
comprehensive introduction which includes: i. The position the author takes on the key
question; ii. Your thesis; and iii. An explanation of how your essay will be organized. Your
essay must have a clear paragraph structure, each starting with a clear topic sentence.
Prior to starting this essay, students should complete the following two ‘modules’.
*You are required to complete the SPARK module on Academic Integrity at:
http://www.yorku.ca/spark/academic_integrity/index.html
*You are required to complete the SPARK module on selecting sources at:
http://www.yorku.ca/spark/books_journals_more/index.html
Document Summary
Due: december 2 (section a) november 30 (section b) Late essays will be subject to a -2% penalty per day. The essay writing process involves several stages: formulating a working thesis, organizing your notes and constructing an essay plan. Once you have picked an essay topic and identified the course readings you will need to use, look up the reading questions and. Wikiwords" corresponding to these readings in the course outline. Apply the sq3r reading method to social scientific" texts or the levels of reading analysis" to the creative" texts. This will help you produce the notes that will form the raw materials for your essay. For help in designing your essay plan, and for further details on the pre-writing" stage, see shea and. If you don"t have a plan, your essay will lack direction and focus. Now that you have your notes and your essay plan, see chapter 11 for valuable tips on the writing stage.
